By Humeyra Pamuk BEIJING (Reuters) -The United States on Tuesday pressed its call for military communication channels with China and signalled concern over reports that China plans a military training facility in Cuba following Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing over the weekend. Establishing military-to-military communications is essential to reduce frictions between the…
BOGOTA (Reuters) – A labor reform pushed by Colombia’s government was shelved on Tuesday after committee legislators in Congress’ lower house failed to reach a quorum in a scheduled first debate, dealing a major setback to leftist President Gustavo Petro. The reform aimed to reduce working hours and boost overtime pay to fight poverty. Critics…
By Sarah N. Lynch, Jeff Mason and Tom Hals WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden has agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes and to enter into an agreement that could avert a conviction on a gun-related charge, according to a court filing on…
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an acceleration of Black Sea grain shipments from Ukrainian ports under a deal allowing safe wartime exports, a U.N. spokesperson said on Tuesday as Russia threatens to quit the pact next month. The United Nations and Turkey brokered the Black Sea…
By Susan Heavey, Sarah N. Lynch and Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has set an initial trial date of Aug. 14 in Florida on former President Donald Trump’s federal charges of willful retention of classified government records and obstruction of justice, according to a court order on Tuesday. The Justice…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday proposed a rule that would require cable TV and broadcast satellite operators to disclose to consumers the full pricing for video programming services in promotional materials and on their bills – a plan quickly endorsed by President Joe Biden. The FCC’s…
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a bid by President Joe Biden’s administration to shield the federal government from lawsuits over errors related to credit reports in a case involving a dispute between a Pennsylvania man and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The justices took up…
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia on Tuesday struck military and infrastructure targets in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and across other parts of the country, including western areas far from the front lines, Ukrainian officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy praised Ukraine’s air defences for downing more than 30 drones and defiantly said that Ukraine’s forces were destroying Russian forces…
By David Brunnstrom, Yew Lun Tian and Martin Quin Pollard WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – The first trip to China by a U.S. secretary of state in five years may have eased tensions that many saw escalating to dangerous levels, but the lack of progress on core issues means the relief will likely only be temporary. The…
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global stock indexes fell and the dollar index inched up on Tuesday as investors weighed the U.S. interest rate outlook ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s congressional testimony. U.S. Treasury yields eased. Adding to uncertainty over the rate outook, a report showed groundbreaking on U.S. single-family homebuilding…
